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Encyclopedia Britannica



PARTHENAY

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 869 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAI-PAS
PARTHENAY , a town of western France,
capital
  of an arrondissement in the department of Deux-Sevres, 27 M. N.N.E. of
Niort
 , on the railway between that town and Saumur. Pop. (1906), 5615. The town retains considerable portions of its fine 13th-
century
  ramparts, including the Porte St Jacques, a fortified gateway guarding an old
bridge
  over the Thouet. Amongst ancient buildings of
interest
  are the
church
  of Ste Croix, of the 12th
century
 , restored in 1885, with a 15th-century belfry; the
church
  of St Laurent, also restored in
modern
  times, portions of whose walls date from the i 1th century; the ruined Romanesque portal of Notre-Dame de la Couldre; and i m.
south
 -west of the town the ancient church (12th century) of Parthenay-le-Vieux. The manufacture of woollen goods and wool-spinning are the
principal
  local
industries
 .


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